Tag: Steam

I’ve never forgotten that I’ve owned a game. In my long and illustrious gaming ‘career’ I’ve always known what I had and what I didn’t have, no matter the platform. I wasn’t ever able to remember ALL of my games at once since I’m not an autistic savant (for better or worse). However, if you came up to me when I was 12 and asked, ‘Hey Phil, do you have The New Zealand Story?’ I would answer with ‘Yes’.

When I got a job and was able to buy games for myself this trend continued, since I’d only be buying five or six full priced games a year and maybe as many reduced price ones with that. It was still very easy to keep track of what I owned. With Steam Store, this has changed. I noticed the problem this week when i went to buy The Monkey Island collection. Very cheap ($5) for both, The Secret of Monkey Island and the sequel LeChuck’s Revenge. I knew I already had LeChuck’s Revenge, but I thought I’d gift it to someone and be generous. When I pressed buy I got a nice little message saying ‘You already own both these games’.